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Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say
Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say A person has died and four fighters have been injured in a house fire in central Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets. Emergency crews were called to the fire in the first block of Logan Street in Lewistown around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 19, Fox43 reports citing emergency dispatch. Truck & crew spent hours on the 4 alarm fire in Lewistown overnight, Engine & crew transferred to Brooklyn 13. Prayers to everyone that was affected by the fire. Posted by Mifflintown Hose Co #1 on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Four firefighters were burned— two of which were taken to an …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Slamming Into Parked Vehicles Halts Traffic On RT 422 (Developing) Tractor-Trailer Slamming Into Parked Vehicles Halts Traffic On RT 422 (Developing)
Tractor-Trailer Slamming Into Parked Vehicles Halts Traffic On RT 422 (Developing) A tractor-trailer has closed all lanes of traffic on Route 422 in Lebanon County, according to emergency dispatchers. The tractor-trailer plowed into three parked vehicles on Main Street/Route 422 in Annville Township near Bachman Road around 6 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 15, according to dispatch. Here is a look at the activity on US-422 near Grant St . A tractor trailer collided with a home on E main St in #AnnvilleTownship after 5AM this morning. Crews are still on scene. Stay with @fox43 for more on this developing story. @fox43traffic pic.twitter.com/df36puG70D — Trenice (@TreniceBtv) Ap…

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Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report
Helicopter Rescue Of Elite Paratroopers Stuck In Trees In PA Captured On Video: Report A helicopter sent to rescue two paratroopers after six were blown into trees in Gettysburg around 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 12, according to a report by Fox43. With beautiful weather over an open field, it seemed like an ideal time for the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division to train, but mother nature had other plans. Instead of landing gracefully like a bird, multiple paratroopers joined the birds, only this time at their nests, after getting stuck in the trees (scroll down for video). Although they typically can handle the landing in unusual situations, the soldiers were blown away from a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' COVID-19 Treatments TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' COVID-19 Treatments
TikTokers Blast PA Restaurant For Allegedly Touting 'Ineffective' Covid-19 Treatments TikTokers are putting a Pennsylvania restaurant on blast for apparently using its Facebook page to promote the distribution of unproven COVID-19 treatments. Taste of Sicily's social media manager Christine Mason has been posting videos to the Palmyra restaurant's social media page saying she has "H" or "I" -- Ivermectin and Hydroxychloriquine, Fox43 reports. The two medications are controversial COVID-19 treatments that have not been approved by the FDA.  Mason in a separate video says the medications are free but urges people to donate. TikTok users @thatdaneshguy and @rx0rcist claim thi…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old
Elvis Memorabilia Helps Police Nab Elderly Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 10-Year-Old An 84-year-old man has been charged for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl multiple times, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Horace W. Almony, 84, of Glen Rock, was charged in connection with the incidents that happened between April 14 and May 1, 2021, according to state police. Almony had an open invitation for the child to use his landline phone to contact her parents when they were traveling or away for work, the child told police in an interview, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox43.  It was during these visits to his home located in the 4200 block of Fis…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Sleeping Woman Sexually Assaulted By Central PA Man: Police Sleeping Woman Sexually Assaulted By Central PA Man: Police
Sleeping Woman Sexually Assaulted By Central PA Man: Police A central Pennsylvania man has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting woman as she slept on Saturday night, according to police and court documents. Wilmer Febus-Lopez, 28, of the 400 block of East College Avenue in Spring Grove, was charged in connection with the indecent assault of an unconscious victim in a home on the first block of East Main Street between 8:30 and 9 p.m., according to Spring Grove Police. The victim woke up and found Febus-Lopez's hands down her pants, touching her genitals, according to Spring Grove Police. The victim broke free and locked herself in an upst…

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Mom Of 4 Who Beat Children With Stick Arrested On Warrant: Police Mom Of 4 Who Beat Children With Stick Arrested On Warrant: Police
Mom Of 4 Who Beat Children With Stick Arrested On Warrant: Police A mom of four has been arrested on a warrant following an investigation into child abuse, according to Highspire Borough police. Renee L. Wilson, 40, of Highspire, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Sept. 13 incident at her Roop Street home detailed by Fox43, citing police papers. Two of Wilson's children told police they were assaulted with a wooden stick, the outlet reports citing an affidavit. All of her children were interviewed by Dauphin County Social Services and said their mom kicked, punched, paddled and strangled them, the outlet reports citing police. The childr…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report
Inside Joke With Wife Wins PA Man Election: Report We have all heard of Mickey Mouse being a write-in candidate -- but Mickey has never accepted the position. A central Pennsylvania man won a local election as a write-in candidate with two votes -- him and his wife. Avi Hameroff has been elected Minority Inspector of Elections in Lower Paxton Township after he and his wife Lindsay jokingly wrote his name in, according to a report by Fox43. He was given the title "minority" as he received the second most votes, the outlet reports. After Hameroff received a letter saying he won on Nov. 30, he decided to accept the position and take it serio…

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Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping
Raped, Drugged Wife Asks Target Employee For Help Among New Details In PA Kidnapping New information and a timeline has been released regarding Robert Vicosa and the events that led up to a multi-state manhunt and search for his daughters after he abducted them in Pennsylvania, authorities said. Vicosa and Tia Bynum are allegedly on the run with Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah, 6, and Giana, 7, after purportedly abducting them from their York County home. Vicosa invited his estranged wife to a birthday celebration he arranged for her at his Windsor Township home on the 1500 block of Pleader Lane on Friday, according to police. When she went to leave, Vicosa grabbed her arms, p…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man, 21, Dies In Harrisburg Shooting, Local Police Say Man, 21, Dies In Harrisburg Shooting, Local Police Say
Man, 21, Dies In Harrisburg Shooting, Local Police Say A 21-year-old man died in a shooting over the weekend in Harrisburg, say police. Officers were dispatched for a report of shots fired in the 4900 block of Lancer Street in Lower Paxton Township around 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to police. Officers discovered Frank Berryman Jr. suffering from multiple gunshots inside a Colonial Glen apartment building, where died from his injuries, reports Fox43. If anyone witnessed the incident or has any information you're asked to contact Det. Greg Langley at 717-657-5656 ext. 1142 or glangley@lowerpaxton-pa.gov.

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by Jillian Pikora
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Sexual Images Found On Big Spring HS Student's Laptop, State Police Say Sexual Images Found On Big Spring HS Student's Laptop, State Police Say
Sexual Images Found On Big Spring HS Student's Laptop, State Police Say Big Spring High School officials called police to investigate sexual images found on a laptop, according to Pennsylvania State Police. PSP were called to the Newville area school for a report of “sexually explicit images found on a school laptop used by a student,” at 2 p.m on April 22 as stated in a release by police. The school was at the center of another sexual images investigation in 2015 for a student sexting ring, leading to 20 to 25 mobile devices being seized from students, according to police. The sexting investigation at Big Spring High School only closed due to difficulty gain…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting
Pelosi Laptop Thief's Dad Busted On Child Porn Charges In Undercover Sting The father of a Pennsylvania woman who stole Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's laptop was busted on child porn charges after asking an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl online to film herself using the bathroom, news reports say. Rickey Williams, 55, -- a security guard from Dauphin County -- was communicating with the detective under the belief he was a girl on the Snapchat app, Fox43 says citing the criminal complaint. During the course of this alleged communication, Williams, of Steelton, requested a video of the girl using the bathroom, Local21news reports. …

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Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years
Report: PA Parents, Step-Grandparent Beat 3 Kids They Kept Locked In Attic For Years A set of Pennsylvania parents and a step-grandparent were arrested for keeping two boys and a girl locked in an attic minimal food and water for years, according to recent news reports. Bail was denied for Todd Richter, 32, his fiance Jennifer Yost and her mother, Wendy Yost -- all of Schuylkill County -- who were all charged with endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault, harassment and more, Fox43 reports. The investigation into the trio began weeks ago, when the 12-year-old boy -- the oldest of the three children -- escaped from the Francis Street home in Minersville h…

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